Social Work and Social Care PhD

Key highlights

• Expert supervision from specialist social work and social care researchers
• Vibrant, supportive research community within social policy and social work
• Flexible study options, including part-time research

Entry requirements

Scholarships

• Alumni Scholarship

  £2,000 tuition fee discount.

  Up to £2,000

• Birmingham Business School Masters Scholarship

  Awards up to £25,000

• Carr-Smith Scholarship

  The Carr-Smith endowment will fund three £5,000 scholarships for MA Antiquity: Classics and Ancient History.

  Up to £5,000

• Chemical Engineering Postgraduate Taught Entrance Scholarships

  The Chemical Engineering PGT Entrance Scholarship consists of a £1000 cash award during year 1 semester 1 for the students.

  Up to £1,000

• Chevening Scholarship

• College of Arts and Law Masters Scholarships

  Fee waiver at the Home fee rate.

• Diane Meyer Lowman Scholarship

  £3,000 stipend

  Up to £3,000

• Edna Pearson Scholarship

  Contribution to tuition fees up to the UK fee rate.

• Geoffrey Ma Birmingham Hong Kong Masters Scholarship

  The scholarship award is for £10,000 towards tuition fees for an eligible full-time one-year masters taught programme at the University of Birmingham UK campus, starting September 2026.

  Up to £10,000

• Islam Scholarship

  This award covers up to 100% of the Home or International tuition fees for students studying MA Islamic Studies.

• Music Doctoral Scholarships

  Scholarships of various values.

• Music Masters Scholarships

  Varying awards, including fees only scholarships.

• Online Birmingham Masters Scholarship

  £3,000 tuition fee discounts for Home and International students studying select online Masters degrees at the University of Birmingham.

  Up to £3,000

• Purposeful Leader MBA Scholarship

  This prestigious scholarship covers up to £25,000 in the form of a tuition-fee discount.

• Responsible Business MBA Scholarship

  This scholarship is in the form of tuition fee discounts worth up to £10,000.

• The William Paton Award

  Scholarship worth up to 100% of the tuition fees for Home and International students studying Theology.

• TI Group Postgraduate Scholarship

  Cash award of £5,000 to pursue a one-year taught Masters programme in engineering for entry in September 2026..

  Up to £5,000

• Woltmann Masters Scholarship

  Fee waiver at the Home fee rate.

Careers this course leads to

• Social work academic
• Social research officer
• Social policy analyst
• Senior social worker
• Social care service manager
• Policy adviser

Cost of study

Admission

Applications are made through AHZ at no cost. Share your transcripts, English test scores and personal statement, and your AHZ Counsellor will review your profile, submit your application to University of Birmingham, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.